Born on this day – Gianni Ferrio:

Gianni Ferrio

Composer

Conductor

Music arranger

November 16, 1924 – October 21, 2013

Born on this day – Cleo Moore:

Cleo Moore

Actress

October 31, 1924 – October 25, 1973

Born on this day – Joyce Randolph:

Joyce Randolph

Actress

October 21, 1924 – January 13, 2024

Credits:

Everything's Jake (2000); Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991); Honeybloopers (1989); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1957); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Modern Romances (1955); The Mail Story (1954); The Jack Benny Program (1954); The Plainclothesman (1953–1954); Short Short Dramas (1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); I Cover Times Square (1950); The Clock (1950); Famous Jury Trials (1950); Buck Rogers (1950); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Gander Sauce (1944).

Born on this day – Robert Webber:

Robert Webber

Actor

October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989

Born on this day – Ed Wood:

Ed Wood

Director

Actor

Writer

October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978

Born on this day – Marina Berti:

Marina Berti

Actress

September 29, 1924 – October 29, 2002

Born on this day – Gail Russell:

Gail Russell

Actress

September 21, 1924 – August 26, 1961

Born on this day – Collin Wilcox:

Collin Wilcox

Writer

September 21, 1924 – July 12, 1996

Credits:

Books:

A Death Before Dying (1990); Aftershock (1975); Bernhardt's Edge (1988); Calculated Risk (1995); Dark House, Dark Road (1982); Dead Aim (1971); Dead Center (1992); Doctor, Lawyer.... (1976); Except for the Bones (1991); Find Her a Grave (1993); Full Circle (1994); Hiding Place (1973); Hire a Hangman (1991); Long Way Down (1975); Mankiller (1980); McCloud (1973); Night Games (1986); Power Plays (1979); Silent Witness (1990); Spellbinder (1981); Stalking Horse (1982); Swallow's Fall (1987); Switchback (1993); The Black Door (1967); The Disappearance (1970); The Faceless Man (1975); The Lonely Hunter (1969); The New Mexico Connection (1974); The Pariah (1988); The Third Figure (1967); The Third Victim (1977); The Watcher (1978); Twospot (1978); Victims (1985).

Born on this day – Lauren Bacall:

Lauren Bacall

Actress

September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014

Born on this day – Scott Brady:

Scott Brady

Actor

September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985

Born on this day – Sylvia Miles:

Sylvia Miles

Actress

September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019

Born on this day – Jane Greer:

Jane Greer

Actress

September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001

Born on this day – Leonard Rosenman:

Leonard Rosenman

Composer

Musician

September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008

Born on this day – Peggy Ryan:

Peggy Ryan

Dancer

Actress

August 28, 1924 – October 30, 2004

Credits:

A Night at the Troc (1939); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Babes on Swing Street (1944); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Chip Off the Old Block (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Fun on the Run (1949); Get Hep to Love (1942); Girls' Town (1942); Give Out, Sisters (1942); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1976); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Here's Hollywood (1961); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985); Just Off Broadway (1955); Men in Her Diary (1945); Miss Annie Rooney (1942); Mister Big (1943); On Stage Everybody (1945); Oysters and Muscles (1948); Patrick the Great (1944); Pleasure Palace (1980); Private Buckaroo (1942); Sailor's Lady (1940); Shamrock Hill (1949); She Married a Cop (1939); ShirleyMania (2002); Simon & Simon (1983); Songs for Sale (1952); Stage Show (1954); Star of the Family (1951); That's the Spirit (1945); The Betty White Show (1954); The Eyes Have It (1952); The Flying Irishman (1939); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1952); The Saturday Night Revue (1954); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Spike Jones Show (1954); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Wedding of Jack and Jill (1930); The Women Men Marry (1937); There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); This Is Show Business (1956); This Is the Life (1944); Top Man (1943); Top of the Town (1937); Universal Musical Short 3655: Singin' and Swingin' (1950); Val Parnell's Startime (1956); Varsity Vanities (1940); What's Cookin' (1942); When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942).

Born on this day – William Marshall:

William Marshall

Actor

Director

Opera singer

August 19, 1924 – June 11, 2003

Born on this day – Evan S. Connell:

Evan S. Connell

Writer

August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Long Desire (1979); American Short Story Masterpieces (1987); At the Crossroads (1965); Deus Lo Volt! (2000); Double Honeymoon (1976); El Dorado and Other Pursuits (2002); Francisco Goya: A Life (2003); Lost in Uttar Pradesh (2008); Mr. Bridge (1969); Mrs. Bridge (1959); Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel (1962); Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012); Points for a Compass Rose (1973); Son of the Morning Star (1984); St. Augustine's Pigeon (1980); The Alchymist's Journal (1991); The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories (1957); The Aztec Treasure House (2001); The Best American Short Stories 1957 (1957); The Collected Stories (1995); The Connoisseur (1974); The Diary of a Rapist (1966); The Patriot (1958); The White Lantern (1980).

Movies and television:

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Son of the Morning Star (1991).

Born on this day – Joseph Cates:

Joseph Cates

Director

Producer

Writer

August 10, 1924 – October 10, 1998

Born on this day – Martha Hyer:

Martha Hyer

Actress

August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014

Credits:

A Girl Named Tamiko (1962); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1977); Battle Hymn (1957); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Bewitched (1965); Bikini Beach (1964); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Born to Kill (1947); Branded (1965); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Catch As Catch Can (1967); Climax! (1958); Crossplot (1969); Cry Vengeance (1954); Cuernavaca en primavera / Segment: El nido de amor (1966); Desire in the Dust (1960); Down Three Dark Streets (1954); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1953); First Men in the Moon (1964); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Francis in the Navy (1955); Frisco Tornado (1950); Geisha Girl (1952); Gun Smugglers (1948); Here's Hollywood (1960); House of 1,000 Dolls (1967); Houseboat (1958); Ice Palace (1960); It Takes a Thief (1969); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kelly and Me (1956); Kiss of Fire (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); La mujer de otro (1967); Lucky Me (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); McCloud (1974); Mister Cory (1957); Mistress of the World (1960); My Man Godfrey (1957); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Once Upon a Horse... (1958); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); Oriental Evil (1951); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Paris Follies of 1956 (1955); Paris Holiday (1958); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); Playhouse 90 (1958); Private Secretary (1953); Public Defender (1954); Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1959); Red Sundown (1956); Riders to the Stars (1954); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Route 66 (1961); Rustlers (1949); Sabrina (1954); Salt Lake Raiders (1950); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Showdown at Abilene (1956); So Big (1953); Some Came Running (1958); Some May Live (1967); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best of Everything (1959); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Chase (1966); The Clay Pigeon (1949); The Day of the Wolves (1971); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Deputy (1960); The Deputy (1960); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Happening (1967); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The Kangaroo Kid (1950); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Lawless (1950); The Locket (1946); The Lone Ranger (1950); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night of the Grizzly (1966); The Oscars (2015); The Right Approach (1961); The Scarlet Spear (1954); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Unexpected (1952); The Velvet Touch (1948); The Virginian (1970); The Woman on the Beach (1947); The Young Lawyers (1971); Thunder Mountain (1947); Trouble on the Trail (1954); War Italian Style (1965); Wild Stallion (1952); Wives and Lovers (1963); Wyoming Renegades (1955); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Yukon Gold (1952); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Carroll O'Connor:

Carroll O'Connor

Actor

Producer

Director

August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001

Born on this day – Lola Albright:

Lola Albright

Actress

Singer

July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017

Credits:

A Cold Wind in August (1961); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Airwolf (1984); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Arctic Flight (1952); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty on Parade (1950); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bodyhold (1949); Bonanza (1965–1967); Branded (1965–1966); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Champion (1949); Cimarron Strip (1967); Code 3 (1957); Columbo (1976); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Dr. Kildare (1964); Duffy's Tavern (1954); Easter Parade (1948); Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1955); Here's Hollywood (1961); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967); I'll Bet (1965); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); It's a Great Life (1955); Joy House (1964); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Kid Galahad (1962); King of Diamonds (1961); Kojak (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Laredo (1966); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1951); McMillan & Wife (1976); Medical Center (1972–1974); Michael Shayne (1960); Mr. Broadway (1964); My Three Sons (1962); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Oregon Passage (1957); Panic! (1958); Pawnee (1957); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Peter Gunn (1958–1961); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Police Story (1975); Pour le plaisir (1965); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Racket Squad (1953); Rawhide (1964–1965); Ready and Willing (1967); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Saints and Sinners (1962); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Cowboy Stars (1955); Seven Guns to Mesa (1958); Sierra Passage (1950); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stump the Stars (1950); Svengoolie (2014); Switch (1978); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Target (1958); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Terraces (1977); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1964); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1957); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Gobel Show (1960); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Impossible Years (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Ken Murray Show (1951–1952); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Linkletter Show (1958); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Mighty O (1962); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Money Jungle (1967); The Monolith Monsters (1957); The Nurse Killer (1975); The People's Choice (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pirate (1948); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1957); The Silver Whip (1953); The Soundman (1950); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tender Trap (1955); The Thin Man (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way West (1967); This Is Your Life (1971); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); Tulsa (1949); Valentine's Day (1965); Wagon Train (1964); What's This Song? (1965); When You're Smiling (1950); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957); Will Banner (1965); You Don't Say (1965–1967).